Boltless railway-rail joint and tie-plate combined.



J. L. MILTON & J. E. HOLLAND. BOLTLESS RAILWAY RAIL JOINT AND TIE PLATECOMBINED.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1913.

Patented July 21, 191% PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINCTDN. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. MILTON AND JOSEPH HOLLAND, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BOLTLESS RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT AND TIE-PLATE COMBINED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 23, 1913. Serial No. 791,356.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J OH L. MILTON andJoseri-r E. HOLLAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Memphis,in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Boltless Railway-Rail Joints and Tie PlatesCombined, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in bed plates for railwayjoints, as well as to a rail chair which is adapted to fit upon the saidbed plate, and to support the meeting ends of two railway rails withoutthe employment of bolts and nuts, or analogous devices, passing throughthe ends of the rails.

With the above recited objects in view, and others which will appear asthe nature of the invention is more fully understood the improvementresides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following description and falling within the scope of theappended claims.

In the drawing, there has been illustrated a simple but satisfactoryreduction of the improvement to practice, and in which:

Figure 1 is a. perspective view illustrating the improvement inconnection with two rail ends. Fig. 2 is a transverse section upon theline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bed plate. Fig.4 is a similar view of the rail chair.

In the drawings the rails are indicated by the characters R R, the tiesby the charac-- ters T-T, the bed plate by the character P and the chairby the letter C.

The bed plate is adapted to have its ends received within suitablerecesses formed adjacent the ends of at least two ties T, and the saidplate comprises a flat body 1 which is formed upon its outer side withan upwardly inclined flange 2 which overlies the body, while the ends ofthe said body are bent downwardly to contact with the outer faces of theties T, as indicated by the numeral 3. The ends 3 are provided withopenings through which pass securing memhere, such as headed elements 4,which enter the ties T and pass transversely andhorizontally through thesaid ties. The plate, adj acent its ends is preferably formed withopenings for the reception of securing elements 5 which enter the tiesin a vertical direction: By such an arrangement, it will be noted thatthe recessed ties, as well as the securing elements for the plate orbody efiec tually secured the said bed plate against vertical, lateral,or longitudinal movement. The inner edge of the plate P is centrally provided withan upturned portion or lip 6 which terminates a suitabledistance from the ends of the said plate, and which is disposed betweenthe ties T when the plate is arranged upon the said ties. 7 body 1 ofthe plate is medially formed at suitable intervals with elongatedslotsor openings A, one of the said openings being arranged adjacenteach of the ends of the plate. j V g The chair O includes a base 7 ywhich its longitudinal edges upturned to provide rail engaging members 8and 9 respectively. The members 8 and 9 have their inner faces shaped toagree with the opposite sides of the rails, while their outer faces areverti- Patented July 21, 1914 cally straight and arranged in a lineslightly beyond the vertical plane of the sides of the rail head. Themember 8 is preferably formed with a crest 10 which extends upward flushwith the outer face of the said member but which does not interfere withthe upper edge or shoulder provided by the said member engaging beneaththe balls or heads of the rails R'R. The crest 10 has its upper edge,and especially the central portion thereof arranged in a plane flushwith the treads of the rails, while the said crest may incline slightlydownwardly in opposite directions from the said central portion. Thebase 7 of the chair C has its underface formed with aplurality ofmedially disposed, integrally formed lugs 12, the same being of asubstantially rectangular formation and which are adapted to be receivedwithin the openings A of the bed plate P when the chairis arranged uponthe said plate.

By reference to the severalfigures of the drawing, it will be noted thatthe members 8 and 9 are arranged upon inturned flanges B and C providedupon the longitudinal edges of the base 7 of the members C, and theflange B is adapted to be received within the channel or passageprovided the flange 2 of the plate P, the chair being held at an angleuntil the said portion B is snugly received within the channel oftheplate P. H The flange member B is, of course inserted edge frictionallycontacted by the lip 6. The lip 6 is in the nature of a resilientelement which is adapted to exert a pressure toward the flange 2 of theplate P, and the said lip serves, in conjunction with the lugs 12 whichenter the openings A of the plate 1?, to retain the chair againstlateral or longitudinal movement, while the overlying member of theflange 2 bearing against the angular member 13 prevents an upwardmovement of the said chair C.

It is, of course to be understood that the securing elements 4: and 5have been inserted within the ties T, so that the plate I is effectuallysecured upon the ties before the chair is arranged upon the bed plate.When the chair is arranged upon the bed plate, as described, the railsRR are slid upon the base 7 and between the members 8 and 9, of thechair 0 from the opposite ends of the said chair, until the ends of therails abut, or until the said ends are disposed centrally of the chair.

- In addition to the securing elements above referred to, it may befound desirable to employ additional securing elements in the nature ofspikes S which enter the ties and which have their heads contact withthe flanges B and O of the chair, while the spikes S upon the innerportion of the joint also engage with the outer edges of the base plateI.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawing, it willbe noted that we have provided a joint for railway rails which is simplein construction, which dispenses with the employment of nuts and bolts,and therefor obviates the danger incident to the disengagement of thenuts from the bolts incident to the vibration of the joint, and it isthought that the advantages of the device will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without furtherdetailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination with rail ties, a 1 bed plate upon the ties and havingits ends flanged and secured to the ties, said plate having its outerlongitudinal edge provided with an angular flange which overlies itsbase and its inner edge centrally formed with a longitudinally extendingresilient lip, a chair adapted to be received upon the base and to beengaged by the flange and lip of the said base, and independent meansarranged between the chair and plate for sustaining the chair againstlongitudinal movement upon the plate.

2. In combination with rail ties having depressions adjacent their ends,of a bed plate arranged within the depressions, the ends of the bedplate being down-turned and secured to the outer faces of the ties, oneof the longitudinal edges of the bed plate being formed with an inturnedangular flange, the opposite longitudinal edge of the said plate beingcentrally formed with an upturned elongated resilient lip, the platehaving depressions, a rail chair having its inner face formed to receiverails, said chair having its base upon its under face provided with lugsand its longitudinal edges flanged and adapted to be inserted upon thebase of the bed plate and to have its opposite edges engaged by theflange and lip of the said bed plate and its lugs received within thedepressions in the bed plate.

3. In a device of the class described, in combination with rail ties, abed plate arranged within depressions provided in the tops of theties,said plate having its outer edge formed with a flange which overlies itsbase, the inner longitudinal edge of the plate being formed with anupturned lip disposed between the ties, the ends of the plate beingdownturned to engage with the outer faces of the ties, and meansco-acting with the ends for securing the said ends to the ties, a chairadapted to be received upon the base plate, means for securing the chairupon the base plate, and the flange and lip of the base plate adapted toengage with the opposite longitudinal edges of the said chair.

4:. In a device for the purpose set forth, in combination, ties, a baseplate having downturned ends arranged upon the tiesand their endssecured to the tie, said base plate also connected with the ties, theouter longitudinal edge of the base plate having'an angular inturnedflange, a chair, two rails adapted to have their ends arranged withinthe chair, said chair including a base which is adapted to be secured tothe bridge plate and to the ties, said chair having its oppositelongitudinal edges flanged and adapted to be received between the flangeof the bed plate and the lip thereof, the said chair being provided withsides which have their inner faces shaped to correspond with the fishingspaces of the rails andtheir outer faces vertically straight, and thestraight faces of the outer side member being provided with arail-engaging crest.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN L. MILTON. JOSEPH E. HOLLAND. Witnesses:

SAM HYMAN, M. W. HIGGINS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

